GFTP: Can I set a default directory to open into?
Steve
I'm using GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10.
Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
Thanks much in advance
Steve
Dan C
Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
Duh.
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Tim Greer
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:39 -0800, Steve wrote:
>
>> Hi;
>>
>> I'm using GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10.
>>
>> Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
>> hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>>
>> Thanks much in advance
>
> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
>
> Duh.
>
>
I think the OP meant that when they enter a directory on the remote
side, that, in real time, the local side changes to the same one.
Perhaps I misunderstood their question? At first I thought they were
asking when you start gFTP of the "startup directory", but I re-read it
as the above. I don't think there's a method/setting to change the
local to match the remote, but I could be wrong. After all, I don't
see the option for "remember last directory" in gFTP either.
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Steve
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:39 -0800, Steve wrote:
> > Hi;
>
> > I'm using GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10.
>
> > Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left hand
> > side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>
> > Thanks much in advance
>
> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
In GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10 at the path FTP | Options there is
no Remember Last Directory checkbox.
>
> Duh.
Come again?
Steve
> I think the OP meant that when they enter a directory on the remote
> side, that, in real time, the local side changes to the same one.
> Perhaps I misunderstood their question? At first I thought they were
> asking when you start gFTP of the "startup directory", but I re-read it
> as the above. I don't think there's a method/setting to change the
> local to match the remote, but I could be wrong. After all, I don't
> see the option for "remember last directory" in gFTP either.
> --
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> Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated & Semi-Dedicated servers
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Hi Tim, I meant I want GFTP to remember the local directory on my
computer where I usually upload files from.
Steve
Dan C
>> > Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
>> > hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
> In GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10 at the path FTP | Options there is no
> Remember Last Directory checkbox.
Hmmm, that is correct. On gFTP 2.0.19 (on Slackware), there is.
However, a quick look on an Ubuntu machine shows me that the correct
method for you is: FTP/Options/Startup_Directory (on the General tab).
Simply enter the directory that you want the left side (local directory)
to open in each time you start the program.
You couldn't see that on your own?
Dan C
>>> Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
>>> hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
> I think the OP meant that when they enter a directory on the remote
> side, that, in real time, the local side changes to the same one.
> Perhaps I misunderstood their question?
Yes, you did misunderstand. Look above, and read it again... Fairly
straightforward English there.
> At first I thought they were asking when you start gFTP of the "startup
> directory", but I re-read it as the above.
You had it right the first time.
> I don't think there's a method/setting to change the
> local to match the remote, but I could be wrong.
I don't think there is either, although that is irrelevant to the
conversation.
> After all, I don't see the option for "remember last directory" in gFTP
> either.
Yes, I was basing my first answer on the fact that the newest version of
gFTP does have that option.
Tim Greer
Okay, then it would be the Options -> General -> Startup Directory
feature.
Tim Greer
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:08:18 -0800, Tim Greer wrote:
>
>>>> Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
>>>> hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>
>>> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
>
>> I think the OP meant that when they enter a directory on the remote
>> side, that, in real time, the local side changes to the same one.
>> Perhaps I misunderstood their question?
>
> Yes, you did misunderstand. Look above, and read it again... Fairly
> straightforward English there.
No reason for sarcasm, you got it wrong, too.... so it wasn't so
"straight forward" after all.
>> At first I thought they were asking when you start gFTP of the
>> "startup directory", but I re-read it as the above.
>
> You had it right the first time.
Yes, I know, I read their reply.
>> I don't think there's a method/setting to change the
>> local to match the remote, but I could be wrong.
>
> I don't think there is either, although that is irrelevant to the
> conversation.
Since that's not what they needed after all, yep.
>> After all, I don't see the option for "remember last directory" in
>> gFTP either.
>
> Yes, I was basing my first answer on the fact that the newest version
> of gFTP does have that option.
>
That's cool, I thought mine was up to date (but I don't use FTP often,
so that explains why it might not be).
ray
It is my recollection that each time you set up a bookmark, it sets up
both panels to the directories that were in place when it was created.
Beyond that, I'm not sure there is any way to select a default directory.
ray
I just did a quick 'explore' and I find that gftp makes a .gftp directory
in your home directory. In the .gftp directory, you will find a file
named gftprc. If you go down in that file a little ways, you will find a
startup_directory entry.
Steve
> > Hi Tim, I meant I want GFTP to remember the local directory on my
> > computer where I usually upload files from.
> Okay, then it would be the Options -> General -> Startup Directory
> feature.
Tim, thanks for the correct, polite and useful answer.
I appreciate your time taken to deliver it.
Steve
Steve
Ray, this wasn't what I was looking for but this tip is even more
useful.
I'm uploading multiple web sites for a friend and this will eliminate
the nuisance of a lot of excessive navigating around my computer.
Thanks for the useful information
Steve
Steve
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:51:42 -0800, Steve wrote:
> >> > Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the left
> >> > hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
> >> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
> > In GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10 at the path FTP | Options there is no
> > Remember Last Directory checkbox.
>
> Hmmm, that is correct. On gFTP 2.0.19 (on Slackware), there is.
>
> However, a quick look on an Ubuntu machine shows me that the correct
> method for you is: FTP/Options/Startup_Directory (on the General tab).
> Simply enter the directory that you want the left side (local directory)
> to open in each time you start the program.
>
> You couldn't see that on your own?
It is the same thing as you missing the first sentence in my original
post that stated that I was on Ubuntu, not slackware. It is called
human error.
Have a good weekend Dan
Dan C
>> >> > Is there a way I can set it up so that every time it opens the
>> >> > left hand side opens to the same directory on my local machine?
>> >> Options/General/Remember_Last_Directory (checkbox)
>> > In GFTP 2.0.18 on Ubuntu 8.10 at the path FTP | Options there is no
>> > Remember Last Directory checkbox.
>> Hmmm, that is correct. On gFTP 2.0.19 (on Slackware), there is.
>>
>> However, a quick look on an Ubuntu machine shows me that the correct
>> method for you is: FTP/Options/Startup_Directory (on the General
>> tab). Simply enter the directory that you want the left side (local
>> directory) to open in each time you start the program.
>>
>> You couldn't see that on your own?
> It is the same thing as you missing the first sentence in my original
> post that stated that I was on Ubuntu, not slackware. It is called
> human error.
No, it's not the same thing at all. I made an assumption that the option
choices were the same in gFTP 2.0.18 as they were in 2.0.19. In your
case, you posted a question to Usenet about a "problem" that was simply
due to inattention (or not bothering) to look through *ALL* the menu
choices of an application before crying for help on how to use it.
Big difference.